Supply Chain Management
The supply chain is the backbone of the company. It consists of the processes which link all physical activities, from purchasing and manufacturing to distribution and customer service. All of these elements have to be managed together and often involve balancing and managing trade-offs - cost reduction in one area can increase costs in other areas.
Reducing the number of warehouses, for instance, can increase transport costs and impact customer service if not managed systematically with respect to other processes.
Traditionally, supply chain functions have been managed separately, often with competing goals. This approach can load the company with unnecessary costs and, worse, it can inhibit good customer service and increase time to market. Orders fail to be fulfilled on time or correctly, or at all. Expensively gained customers cancel orders and desert you for a competitor. In today’s service-oriented world, this is a sure path to failure.
Companies can no longer afford to manage product development, purchasing, manufacturing, logistics and sales as separate functions and cost centers, trying to optimize each individually. Only a total supply chain approach can help to solve these issues once and for all. The Internet now offers companies new ways to connect and share information.
At KPMG’s Advisory Services practice, we have a history of helping our clients improve their supply chain effectiveness. Today, we are taking this strong background in the supply chain and marrying it with our leadership in next generation Internet technologies. Thus we are able to help our clients:
Strategies
KPMG’s Advisory Services practice’s e-Supply Chain strategies aim to transform the process of managing and integrating the flow of information, money and goods within and beyond your business.
Our strategies take into account the issues that your organization faces as it moves to connect with trading partners beyond current organizational boundaries. Issues such as:
Reducing the number of warehouses, for instance, can increase transport costs and impact customer service if not managed systematically with respect to other processes.
Traditionally, supply chain functions have been managed separately, often with competing goals. This approach can load the company with unnecessary costs and, worse, it can inhibit good customer service and increase time to market. Orders fail to be fulfilled on time or correctly, or at all. Expensively gained customers cancel orders and desert you for a competitor. In today’s service-oriented world, this is a sure path to failure.
Companies can no longer afford to manage product development, purchasing, manufacturing, logistics and sales as separate functions and cost centers, trying to optimize each individually. Only a total supply chain approach can help to solve these issues once and for all. The Internet now offers companies new ways to connect and share information.
At KPMG’s Advisory Services practice, we have a history of helping our clients improve their supply chain effectiveness. Today, we are taking this strong background in the supply chain and marrying it with our leadership in next generation Internet technologies. Thus we are able to help our clients:
- Develop supply chain strategies that tie to the overall business objectives and that leverage Internet technologies
- Translate those strategies into specific supply chain improvement initiatives
- Identify and implement the technology and software applications associated with these initiatives
- Discover areas that potentially benefit from process improvement and develop process redesign programs
- Manage the resulting change and challenges, during and after these initiatives
Strategies
KPMG’s Advisory Services practice’s e-Supply Chain strategies aim to transform the process of managing and integrating the flow of information, money and goods within and beyond your business.
Our strategies take into account the issues that your organization faces as it moves to connect with trading partners beyond current organizational boundaries. Issues such as:
- Manage the input of your suppliers effectively
- Develope closer trading relationships with your business customers
- Assist in implementing technology to manage critical business activities such as order, shipping and billing systems.
For further information please contact:
Director - Suhael Ahmed
Director - Suhael Ahmed
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